Clothes-line reel.



.E -`PATENTEDJAN.31, 1905.

E. M. POWERS E G'. W.A HAGEETEEY.

' Y CLOTHES LINE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.2. 1902.

UNITED STATES yPatented January 31, 1905.

lPATENT i OFFICE.

ELWOOD M. POWERS AND `GrEORGrE W. I-IAGrEIt'IH-EY, OF LINWOOD,v NEW JERSEY.

DQLOTI-Has-Llliui REEL.

SPECIFICATIONformng part of `Letters PatentNo. 781,548, dated January 31, 1905.

Application led October 2, 1902.l ,Serial No. 125,689. l

To all wharf/1, t may con/cern;

Be it known that we, ELwooD M. POWERS and GEORGE W. HAGERTHEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Linwood, county of Atlan-` With these ends .in view this invention consists 1n the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this'invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved-reel complete; Fig.r2, a vertical longitudinal section through the same; Fig. 3, a

vertical cross-section through the reel.

A represents the casing, which may be of any suitable shape o r'design, but preferably side of the casing and also 1thr,ou h' the two partitions B and O and terminating a short distance beyond the partition B.

E is vthe reel, secured to the shaft D and located in the compartment 1. This reel may be made in any suitable manner; but as we have shown Yit in the drawings it'consists of two cross-pieces E, which are formed with V- shaped notches E' in their ends to receive the line.

Secured to the haft D and located in thel compartment 2 is a gear-wheel Gr, which meshes lwith a second gear-wheel H, also located in the compartment 2 and secured to a shaft I, which extends across the compartments 2 and 3 and is journaled in the partitions O and B and also one side of the casing A. To prevent anytransverse movement of the wheels G and l6c H, collars a on the shafts are interposed therebetween and the walls of the compartment 2. To this shaft I is secured one end of a flat coilspring J, the other end of said coil-spring being secured to the casing at the point J Upon the outside of the casing and secured to the shaft D is a ratchet-wheel K, and L is a pawl pivoted to the casing and adapted to engage said ratchet-wheel.

The operation of the device is as follows: The clothes-line M isl wound upon the reel, and when the clothes-line is fully Wound the spring J is lax', o r nearly so, and the outer end of the clothes-line, extends through an opening formed through the front of the casing, asindicated at N, and may be formed into a knot to prevent the same from entirely entering the inclosure. VWhen it is desired to use the line, the outer end is grasped and pulled from ofl' the reel, and the reel in turning'v'vill, through the' f Oflcourse we d0 not wish to-be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight i modifications could he made without departing from the spirit of ourV invention. k

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful isshaped notches in their ends, a second shaft In a clothes-line reel, a easing having an inclined roof, two partitions within the easing dividing the space therein into three compartments, a shaft journaled in one side of the casing, and extending through and jourmaled in the sides of the middle compartment, two cross-pieces mounted on the shaft in the outer compartment, said cross pieces having' V- journaled in the opposite end ot' the casing and extending through and journaled in the walls ot' the middle compartment, a spring in the outer compartment of the second shaft for rotating sa'id shaft, gear-wheels mounted on the shafts in the middle compartments and adapted to intermesh, collars on thc shafts within the inner compartment interposed between the wheels and walls of said comparu ment and means for regulating the rotation of the shafts.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto al?- lixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing' witnesses.

ELVVOOD M. POWERS. GEORGE lV. l-IAG'ER'IHEY. Witnesses:

JOHN GoULnnY,' CLARA HOFFNER. 

